検索キーワード： "カーニヴァル" ダークファンタジー

Poetisch-skurriles Gothic-Fantasy-Märchen mit klassischen Gruselmomenten, überraschenden Wendungen und gesellschaftskritischen Tönen. Perfekt für den Spooktober und dunkle, schummrige Herbstabende. Trete ein und vergesse die Welt. Um 1900 - Die Flagge mit der Mondsichel und dem Blutstropfen flattert im Wind. Angeblich schmückt sie das Hauptzelt des Memoria Damnum Carnival seit dessen ersten Tournee im Jahr 1845. Jeder kennt den Carnival, und doch hat ihn bislang kaum einer zu Gesicht bekommen.

In the shadows of the carnival’s cursed tents, Visha stands alone; crowned in blood and velvet, her heart shattered but unyielding. Haunted by a fractured friendship and the ghosts of promises inked in pain, she is both prisoner and queen of a world built on broken trust and blazing grief. Each step she takes is a dance of agony and defiance, every scar a testament to what she sacrificed to rise. As the carnival’s dark pulse quickens, Visha confronts the silence between rings, the crimson dance of memory and betrayal, and the hollow applause that follows a love turned to ash.

Owain was a painter, a husband and a father. When the golden letters appeared in front of his eyes, he knew he would have to change. How much of himself was he willing to sacrifice to ensure the safety of his loved ones?

Jacob wanted a paycheck, not a nightmare. When he takes a job as a night cleaner for a traveling carnival, he expects sticky floors, spilled popcorn, and the occasional mess from rowdy guests. What he doesn’t expect are bodies. Real bodies—drained of blood and left like trash for him to scrub away before morning crowds arrive.

Some call it purgatory, others know it as the in-between, but for those poor souls who are trapped there eternally it is simply: The Carnival - macabre mockery where night is never-ending, and a sadistic creature known as the Fool rules with an iron fist. And the Fool has one rule: No one leaves the Carnival. Ever. Christopher, the latest arrival thrust reluctantly through the gates, is certain that he doesn't belong there, and he's damn sure he's not going to be staying. To have any chance of escaping, he must confront not only the Fool, but his own dark past.

Victor Standish: Urban legend, abandoned child, mocker of monsters: “I learned to walk on cat-feet by living on the streets of too many hard cities for six years...since I was seven. I know why dogs howl at the dark and why cats prick up their ears after midnight. All too often I hear the beating of black wings and the scratching of half-seen shapes on the pavement hidden by shadow. I have always known I am an outsider, a stranger no matter where I roam among those who are still men".

I knew the world was bigger than the small town I grew up in, but discovering just how large it really is might send me into a spiral. Demons exist, and not only that, they have a carnival they run on Earth, full of the most vile people crafting deals to further their bad deeds. And yet, it’s in this tent of sin that I find my savior. With a deal sealed by a kiss, I’m sworn protection by the most fearsome creature I have ever laid eyes on. The only problem is, I’m not sure he can protect me from his world too.